50mm 1.4G Nikkor Release

[mindforge]

Ok. Has this thing officially launched? I have already paid for mine and it still says backordered but I also see everywhere that it is not released yet.

Anyone know for sure?

[kat]

Hmm..I have a 50 mm 1.4G

Not to sure if it's the same thing or not..got it in Oct...

Good luck!

[Travis]

It's now listed on Nikon canada's website so it should be making it's way around.

kat - sure yours isn't 50mm 1.4d? I don't think the 1.4G wasn't introduced until photokina


Midforge - aside from AFS i haven't read much about any IQ difference from the new one to the old one..

Have you looked at the bulky Sigma 50mm 1.4 (72mm size)? I think this one's a rare case of outperform the Nikkors on the MTF charts...

just throwing it out there cause your waiting on the back order..........

[landon9720]

The Sigma 50mm 1.4 HSM is a great lens.

[mindforge]

Across the board this 50mm 1.4g has been rated as the top lens in its class. I think it has a 9.5 out of 10 on SLRgear.com. I really like to use SLRGear.com because they don't just rate something - they run it through a battery of testing. I think it is the highest lens I have ever seen rated minus the high end $5,000+ zooms.

I am going to check out the Sigma 50mm 1.4 HSM though. Thanks.

[kat]

Ha ha..yah I meant I had the 50mm 1.4d

Great lens..although I find it hard to use on my kids as the just move to fast for me to manual focus it... :)

[Travis]

Across the board this 50mm 1.4g has been rated as the top lens in its class. I think it has a 9.5 out of 10 on SLRgear.com. I really like to use SLRGear.com because they don't just rate something - they run it through a battery of testing. I think it is the highest lens I have ever seen rated minus the high end $5,000+ zooms.

I am going to check out the Sigma 50mm 1.4 HSM though. Thanks.

check out the mtf's though


sigma 50mm (http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/popup_mtf.asp?name1=189_big.gif&name2=)

Nikon (http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/lineup/lens/af/normal/af-s_50mmf_14g/index.htm)

[mindforge]

I looked at a list of identical shots made with each with the same crops. About a half dozen images or so and the Nikkor G-lens outperformed that sigma every time in image quality.